Question

A 32-year-old woman with diet-controlled gestational diabetes delivers a healthy term infant. She is now 8 weeks postpartum and feels well. According to Diabetes Canada, what is the most appropriate test and timing to screen for persistent dysglycaemia?

Accepted Answer

75 g oral glucose tolerance test between 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum

Answer

Random capillary glucose now

Answer

HbA1c alone at 6 months postpartum

Answer

Fasting plasma glucose alone at 6 weeks postpartum

Answer

No further testing is required because glucose normalised after delivery

Practice question

A 32-year-old woman with diet-controlled gestational diabetes delivers a healthy term infant. She is now 8 weeks postpartum and feels well. According to Diabetes Canada, what is the most appropriate test and timing to screen for persistent dysglycaemia?